Garment-supporter.



R. P. BARTBL.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLIUATION FILED sEPT.21, 1907.

91 2,060. Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH F. BARTEL, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

. State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Garment- Supporters, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to improvements in garment supporters. Itsorganization comprises a frame with spring pinching jaws and sides withrentering angles, by virtue of which latter a band and its hook can beengaged with the frame without danger of dislodgment. The frame may bemade of any suitable material such as wire, stamped metal and the like,the exemplication shown in the accompanying drawings being wire.

Figure 1 represents the supporter holding a stocking in place, Fig. 2shows an enlarged elevation of the frame of the invention, partly insection, Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of a modiiication of the frame,Fig. 4 represents a front view of a hook, and Fig. 5 shows a. top viewof Fig. 4, Fig. 6 shows an enlarged partial section of Fig. 1 on theline 6, 6, Figs. 7, 8 and 9 represent further modifications of theframe. i

The frame of the garment supporter is designated by the numeral 2O withthe spring pinching jaws 21, which diverge. at their upper ends and joinwith a loop of the frame. The said loop comprises the sides 22, 23 whichare preferably inclined, although they may be parallel to each other.

The sides 22, 23 are connected with the jaws 21, by means of therentering angles or diverging and inclined portions 24, which latterconstitute shoulders for and form with the sides 22, 23 the angles orpockets 25. A depressed top connecting bar 26 connects the upper ends ofthe sides 22, 23 and forms therewith the shoulders 27 and angles orpockets 28.

The ends of the wire constituting the frame come together in the side22, and are covered by the sleeve 30. It will be evident that the saidends of the wire might be located at any other portion of the frame, andthat they may be joined in any suitable manner.

Over the sleeve 30 is secured a band 35, and at the other end of theband is located the adjusting slide 36. In a loop 37 formed in the bandwith said adjusting slide, is

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 21, 1907.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Serial No. 393,882.

secured a hook 40 with the body portions 41 having the ends 43, to therear of the front end of the hook and the bow shaped tongue 42. Thewidth of said tongue 42 as well as the band 35 are each a little lessthan the distance between the pockets and 2S of the frame of thesupporter.

In Fig. 6 it will be noted that the end 3S of the loop 37 encircles thebody portions 41 of the hook 40. The said end 38 with the body portions41 provide an abutting shoulder for the side 23 of the loop of thesupporter, when the hook and frame are in engagement, and prevents thedislodgment of the hoolr from the frame unless the user forces thetongue 42 over the side 23, which can be accomplished on account of theyielding of the material of the band, when the loop is forced over theside 23.

In Fig. 3 the invention is modified in the means employed to secure theends of the wire used to constitute the frame of the supporter. rFheframe constructed according to this modilication is indicated by withthe spring pinching jaws 51 similar to 21, sides 52 similar to 22, 23which latter terminate in the twistedv ends 53.

In Fig. 7 the frame 54 of the garment supporter has the jaws 55, similarto 21, and a loop having the sides 56, 57. The side 57 is formed of theparallel ends 5S, 59 which may be soldered together, covered with abinder, or may be employed without either.

In Fig. S is represented a frame 60 of a garment supporter, comprisingthe pinching jaws 61 similar to 21, which are joined with a loop havingsides 62 by the shoulder 63 and pockets 64 similar to 24, 25. A straighttop connecting bar 65 joins the upper ends of the sides 62. rlhe ends ofthe wire constituting the frame 60 are brazed, soldered or weldedtogether in any portion thereof, and preferably in one of the sides of62.

In Fig. 9 is represented the frame 70 of the garment supportercomprising the pinching jaws 71 similar to 21, which are joined with aloop having the parallel sides 72, the shoulders 73 and pockets 74similar to 24 and 25. A straight top connecting bar 75 joins the upperends of the sides 72. The ends of the wire constituting the frame arejoined by being brazed, soldered or welded.

To use the invention the band 35 is placed in position as shown and thegarment, in the present case a stocking is clamped between the springpinching jaws 21 to hold I ing the sides yof the loop and said jaws, a3() the same in place and the tongue L2 is engaged with the side 28 ofthe frame. y

The shoulders 24, 27 on one side of the loop prevent the band 35becoming dislocated from its proper position in the frame, such aseither creeping to the depressed top 26 or on to its adjacent springpinching jaw 21, and the shoulders on the other side prevent similardislocation of the tongue 42.

Having described my invention, I claim: l. ln a garment supporter thecombination of spring pinchi-ng jaws, said jaws being extended to fornia loop, shoulders joining the jaws and the sides of the loop, a bandConnected with one side of the loop and a hook on the band engaging theother side of the loop.

2. In a garment supporter the combination of diverging pinching aws,said aws being extended to form a loop, shoulders between the sides ofthe loop and said jaws, a depressed top member of the loop connectingthe upper ends of said sides and shoulders for the said sides formed inthe vdepressed top member and a hook having a tongue to engage a side ofthe loop.

3. In a garment supporter the combination of pinching jaws, a loop,shoulders joindepressed top member of the loop connecting the upper endsof the said sides and shoulders for the said sides formed in saiddepressed -top member, a band Connected with one of the sides of theloop and held in proper position by the shoulders adjacent thereto, anda hook on said band engaging the other side of rthe loop and held inproper position by the shoulders adjacent thereto,

4l. In a garment supporter the lcombination of spring lpinching jaws,said jaws being extended `to fonm a loop, a hook adapted to engage yoneof the sides of the loop, a tongue for said lioolr, a body portion forsaid tongue with its ends to the rear of the front vend of the hook, anda band around the said .body portion and ends of the hook forming anabutting' shoulder when 4one of the sides of the loop is engaged withsaid hook.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan in the county of New York and .Stateof New York, this 20th day of September A. D. 1907.

RUDOLPH F. BARTEL.

lllitnesses ARTHUR MARION, NEWTON HARRISON.

